1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 06e91608fa..d143829c5d 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ sub chop_and_escape_str {
 	if ($chopped eq $str) {
 		return esc_html($chopped);
 	} else {
-		$str =~ s/([[:cntrl:]])/?/g;
+		$str =~ s/[[:cntrl:]]/?/g;
 		return $cgi->span({-title=>$str}, esc_html($chopped));
 	}
 }
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ sub format_subject_html {
 	$extra = '' unless defined($extra);
 
 	if (length($short) < length($long)) {
+		$long =~ s/[[:cntrl:]]/?/g;
 		return $cgi->a({-href => $href, -class => "list subject",
 		                -title => to_utf8($long)},
 		       esc_html($short) . $extra);